The Midnight Special, June 27, 2026

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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Playlist

  1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1); Lead Belly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. Catie Curtis w/Mary Gauthier: Hello, Stranger (Carter); Catie Curtis w/Mary Gauthier; Hello, Stranger; Compass Records 745172
  3. Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt: Hello, World; Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt; Hello, World; Crooked Cyclone 1 95269 21928 4
  4. Sons of the Never Wrong: Door of Love; Sons of the Never Wrong; 3 Good Reasons; Waterbug WBG0018
  5. Bread & Bones: Will I Be Welcome?; Bread & Bones; Could Have Been a Dream; Riptone Records RR003
  6. The Mammals: “You Can Come to My House”; The Mammals; Nonet; Humble Abode Music HAM 18
  7. Laura Love: “Come As You Are” (Kurt Cobain); Laura Love; Octoroon; Octoroon | Mercury 314-634-649-2
  8. Janis Ian: “Welcome to Acousticville”; Janis Ian; Hunger; Windham Hill Welcome to Acousticville / 01934-11274-2
  9. David Roth: Everybody (Roth/Pyle); David Roth and Chuck Pyle; If You Can’t Fly; Wind River Records DRO4003D
  10. Bela Fleck and Renee Fleming,: The Scarlet Tide, ft. Vince Gill (Costello/Burnett); Bela Fleck and Renee Fleming,; The Fiddle and the Drum; Thirty Tigers 26081LP
  11. Peter Mulvey & Jenna Nichols w/Ross Bellenoit: When You Were Mine (Mulvey); Peter Mulvey & Jenna Nichols w/Ross Bellenoit; Floyd Mercantile; Righteous Babe Records RBR 130-D
  12. Buddy Mondlock: The Leaving; Buddy Mondlock; Poetic Justice; Poetic Justice | Major Bob MBPCD 0002
  13. A Different Thread: Always Leaving; A Different Thread; Over Again; A Different Thread ADT-004
  14. The Gibson Brothers: Bye, Bye, Love; The Gibson Brothers; Brotherhood; Rounder Records 11661-35986-02
  15. Paul Simon: “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover”; Paul Simon; Still Crazy After All These Years; Warner Bros. R2 78901
  16. Colby Maddox: “The Midnight Special – fiddle”; Colby Maddox; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection CMaddox/MS 009
  17. Tom Paxton: The Last Thing on My Mind; Tom Paxton; Ramblin’ Boy & Ain’t That News!; Elektra 8122 73565-2
  18. Tom & Chris Kastle: Leaving of Liverpool; Tom & Chris Kastle; Strike the Bell; Sextant SXA5991 CD
  19. Wacker Drive: Weird (Diana Straight-as-an-arrow); Wacker Drive (Skip Harstirn, Vivian Davis, John Salewski); Gay & Straight Together; Smithsonian Folkways FS8580
  20. Kevin So: Parade; Kevin So; Countryside; Wingbone WB-3113
  21. Dev Singh: Carry It On (G. Turner); Dev Singh; Gay & Straight Together; Smithsonian Folkways FS8580
  22. Kristin Lems: How Nice; Kristin Lems; Gay & Straight Together; Smithsonian Folkways FS8580
  23. Grant Peeples: Aunt Lou; Grant Peeples; Punishing the Myth; GatorBone Records GatorBone 105
  24. Natalia Zukerman: Loved Like That; Natalia Zukerman, ft. Trina Hamlin; Gypsies & Clowns – Live at SPACE Disc 1 of 2; Weasel Records WSL-1202 1
  25. Jenny Reynolds: In Our Way; Jenny Reynolds; Willow & Stone; jennyreynolds 1 95269 41253 1
  26. Andrew Sa: Lavender Cowboy, ft. H.C. McIntire; Andrew Sa; American Rough; Bloodshot Records 6.26.2026
  27. Sam Gleaves: My Queer Cowboy; Sam Gleaves; Honest; samgleaves.com 8.23.2024
  28. Crys Matthews: Prodigal Son; Crys Matthews; Changemakers; crysmatthews.com [2021]
  29. Rachael Sage: Nexus; Rachael Sage; Canopy; MPress Records pre-release
  30. Catie Curtis: C’mon Butterfly; Catie Curtis; C’mon Butterfly;
  31. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – Melodica”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 005
  32. Pharis & Jason Romero: Big Time World; Pharis & Jason Romero; These Are the Days That Turn Into Years; Lula Records LULA 2607
  33. Sky Smeed: North Shore Trail; Sky Smeed; Leaving Again; Sky Smeed 2.9.2019
  34. Mitchell & Webb: The Last Action Hero / Goodbye; Mitchell & Webb; That Mitchell & Webb Sound: Series 5; BBC 781785 290299
  35. Jonas Friddle Band: You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back (Memphis Jug Band); Jonas Friddle Band ft. Anna Jacobson, Andrew Wilkins; Folkstage – Jonas Friddle 3.11.2023 (excerpted); WFMT 3.11.2023
  36. Annie Gallup: Elephant; Annie Gallup; Nightclothes; Gallway Bay Music GBM26
  37. Brandon Reisdorf: Elephant in the Room (for Matt Bishop); Brandon Reisdorf; single; Brandon Reisdorf
  38. Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner: Diseases and The Plague; Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner; The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000; Rhino R2 72944
  39. Dervish, ft.Eddi Reader: One Irish Rover (V. Morrison); Dervish, ft.Eddi Reader; The Great Irish Song Book, Vol. 2; Down The Road DTR 0017
  40. Rachel Bissex: Royal Blues, ft. Dar Williams; Rachel Bissex; I Used to Be Nice; Alcazar ALC 132
  41. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer: Howdy Little Newlycome/Ceilidh House Polka, ft. Cherish the Ladies (Guthrie/Fink); Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer; Dancin’ in the Kitchen; Community Music CMCD207
  42. Tish Hinojosa: Lose Yourself to the Moon; Tish Hinojosa; Here is West; Tish Records none
  43. Carrie Newcomer: The Gathering of Spirits; Carrie Newcomer; The Gathering of Spirits; Philo 11671-1243-2
  44. Pat Wictor: Love is the Water; Pat Wictor; Waiting for the Water; Risky Disc Records RDR 004
  45. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged); Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  46. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004